Reclining Figure by Nell Sinton, 1948
Item Details
A substantial, oil on canvas figural study of Ruth Hart, signed lower right “N. Sinton” for Eleanor Sinton (American, 1910-1997), titled verso and dated 1948.
Eleanor ‘Nell’ Sinton first studied at the California School of Fine Arts and, later, with Lucien Labaudt and Maurice Sterne, (1937-1938). She also worked as an apprentice to Sterne on the Federal Art Project (WPA) murals in San Francisco (1938-40) and was a member of the San Francisco Art Commission (1959-63). In 1959, Sinton was acknowledged as one of the Ten Most Distinguished Bay Area Women. A notable Bay Area Expressionist painter, she was also a member of the Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Art Institute from 1966-1972. Nell Sinton is well-listed in all relevant art reference works including Who Was Who in American Art and Artists in California (1786-1940).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1949; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1950; Bolles Gallery, New York and San Francisco, 1962; Quay Gallery, San Francisco, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1970; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1976; Oakland Museum, 1990.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Fifth Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, 1952; Winter Invitational, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco in addition to group shows at the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Chicago Art Institute, the Los Angeles County Museum and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Oakland Museum; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era; Thomas Albright, Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980; Susan Landauer, The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism; The Art of California, Selected Works from the Collection of The Oakland Museum; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Painting and Sculpture Collection.
Size: 22 × 30 inches. Unframed.
Condition
very good
unframed
Dimensions
Item #
17DAL230-001
